Day in Photos: Oct.15, 2012

This image provided by Red Bull Stratos shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria as he jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, Baumgartner shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert. (AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos) - This image made from video, provided by Red Bull Stratos shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria as he jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, Baumgartner shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert. (AP Photo/Red Bull Stratos) - Rebecca Parkinson, Amanda Austin and Genevieve Mushaluk watch on tv as Felix Baumgartner jumps from a balloon, 36,576 metres above the earth, Sunday, October 14, 2012. (TREVOR HAGAN/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS) - An Indian artist paints earthen pots which will be used by Hindu women during the Navratri festival in Bhubaneswar, India, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Navratri, or the festival of nine nights, begins Tuesday. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout) - A seven-and-a-half month old orphaned elephant calf named Moses gets settled on a makeshift bed, after sunset with his adoptive "mother" and foundation owner, Jenny Webb, where they will sleep together at their home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Moses was found alone and close to death in the Vwaza Wildlife Reserve. He has been adopted by the Jumbo Foundation where he is cared for and is being raised by humans. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) - A lone stag walks through the early morning sunshine at Dunham Massey in Altrincham, north western England, Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. October is the peak of the stag rutting season when male deer fight for the right to mate with the hinds and their mating calls are heard throughout the countryside. (AP Photo/PA, Dave Thompson) - Hindu devotees walk at sunset near Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012.(AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) - New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter reacts after injuring himself in the 12th inning of Game 1 of the American League championship series against the Detroit Tigers early Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in New York.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya ) - Ben Spies of the U.S. falls off his Yamaha during the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan at Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) - Pakistani students hold pictures of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last Tuesday by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a tribute at the Pakistani Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Pakistan airlifted a 14-year-old activist who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban to the United Kingdom for treatment Monday, a move that will give her access to the specialized medical care she needs to recover and also protect her from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) - A Filipino Muslim woman flashes peace signs after hearing news of the signing of a preliminary peace pact between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group during a rally outside the gates of the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on Monday Oct. 15, 2012. Muslim rebels and the Philippine government overcame decades of bitter hostilities and took their first tentative step toward ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies with the ceremonial signing of a preliminary peace pact Monday that both sides said presented both a hope and a challenge. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) -

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